Dec
7
Sat
20 years at The Portland party
Dec 7 @ 3:00 pm – 11:45 pm

In a frankly unbelievable turn of events Hayley & Steve have been running good-ship Portland for 20 years this weekend!

To apologise/celebrate this fact (depending on your point of view) we will be having some of our favourite bands and people performing throughout the day for us starting with acoustic performances in the main bar before rocking it out in the venue during the evening.

It’s all free to attend, plus there will be giveaways, special deals and surprises throughout the day.
So come join us and party like it 2004 again!

Acts performing so far are…

MAIN BAR from 3pm
3pm: Rishi Karmadillo
https://www.youtube.com/@karmadildo/videos
3.45pm: Steve Adams
https://linktr.ee/stevenjadams
4.30pm: Benjamin B Sydes
https://linktr.ee/bsydes
5.15pm: Jazz & Friends
6pm: Old Man Boom
https://linktr.ee/oldmanboom
6.45pm: Darren Michelangelo Smith

IN THE VENUE from 8pm
Two Peas in a Pod
https://www.instagram.com/vanillapod1995
Ellie Walker & The Folly
https://www.instagram.com/elliewalker.music/
Pony Collaboration
https://theponycollaboration.bandcamp.com/

Dec
19
Thu
Strawberry Fair Scarecrow Corner benefit: Winter Solstice Warmer
Dec 19 @ 7:30 pm – 11:00 pm

For our last Strawberry Fair Scarecrow Corner benefit gig of 2024 we have three Scarecrow Corner favourites together for a very rare and very special Solstice Winter Warmer on Thursday 19 December 2024.
Brewers Daughter is an independent, alternative, acoustic musician who mixes styles of folk, world music, grunge, ska, blues and soul to create a multi-instrumentalist show that leaves audiences in tears, in arms and with a brighter perspective of this thing we call life.
Fraggle and Molde from the Skraelings return as Skraelings Acoustic for an always special set of their music, stripped back and intense – with the odd surprise thrown in. Their shows always have a fantastic atmosphere all of their own.
What can we say about Cara Means Friend? Cara is an original singer songwriter who plays acoustic Reggae/Ska/Folk/Punk with a hint of political disdain and a dose of philosophy!! And if that sounds great we know that it’s not even close to describing how fantastic Cara Means Friend will be.
Feb
4
Tue
Green Mind presents EMILY BARKER + Liz Stringer
Feb 4 @ 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Green Mind presents EMILY BARKER + Liz Stringer

Emily Barker is an award-winning singer-songwriter, best known as the writer and performer of the theme to the hugely successful BBC crime drama “Wallander” starring Kenneth Branagh.

Her last album, 2020’s “A Dark Murmuration of Words”, was produced by Greg Freeman and recorded at StudiOwz, a converted chapel in the Welsh countryside. Lyrically probing, by turns both dark and optimistic, Barker searches for meaning through the deafening clamour of fake news and algorithmically filtered conversation, delivering a timely exploration of the grand themes of our age. It garnered widespread acclaim, with Uncut calling it “…a kind of Australian equivalent of PJ Harvey’s ‘Let England Shake'”.

Barker has released music and toured as a solo artist as well as with various bands and collaborations, most notably her long association with Frank Turner, and has written for TV and film, including composing the soundtrack for Jake Gavin’s lauded debut feature “Hector” starring Peter Mullan and Keith Allen.

Feb
19
Wed
Green Mind presents ALBERTA CROSS
Feb 19 @ 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Green Mind presents ALBERTA CROSS

Alberta Cross were formed by Swedish-born lead singer and guitarist Petter Ericson Stakee, and his London pal Terry Wolfers in the mid-00s. in the mid-00s. Their anthemic Americana-tinged songs possess a vulnerability and earthiness, and it soon showed in how hugely their debut record ?The Thief & The Heartbreaker? began to connect

2024 will see a reworked re-release of this album which will feature of wealth of musical collobarations such as Katie Melua, Jack Savoretti and Band of Skulls

This tour will be celebrating the album and the man that helped bring it to life, Petter Ericson Stakee